More "Wee Wittle" Gardens

Here are a few more of my "Wee Wittle" Gardens.  I really enjoy making them!

No water

We did not have water on Friday, so they had to dig up our well on Saturday.  This is when they just started digging.  It got worse!!!  They had to dig down 7 feet.  On Sunday, we received some much needed rain.  Now we have a huge mud puddle in our front yard.

This is what the bed looked like last year.  Glad to have water, sad to have the mess!

Brown-headed Cowbird

This is the first time I have seen a Brown-headed Cowbird at my feeders, therefore I wanted to learn more about them.

The Brown-headed Cowbird has a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer. These they lay in the nests of other birds, abandoning their young to foster parents, usually at the expense of at least some of the host’s own chicks. Once a Cowbird locates the nest, she usually waits until the host has laid two or more eggs, but before incubation begins. She generally removes one egg or more the day she lays her egg in the nest, or sometimes before. She only lays one egg in a nest. Cowbirds have been known to lay eggs in the nests of some 220 other species. About 20% of these nests are of Eastern Phoebe, 25% of Carolina Wren, and 40% of Song Sparrow nests. Since they raised by other species, they do not learn how to behave like a Cowbird from their forest parents. It appears this information is genetic. Therefore, a Cowbird knows its own song and calls, and recognizes and mates with its own species, despite having never encountered another of its own kind before.

Although I am totally fascinated by these birds, I hope I don’t see them at my feeders again.

Today is Outdoor Wednesday. Please check out these other great blogs at A Southern Daydreamer.

"Wee Wittle" Gardens

Here are a few of the "Wee Wittle" Gardens I have been making.  My mom and I are having our annual sale in May. You can Check it out here.

We have had nice weather here, but that is changing.  We are scheduled to have freezing temps the next 3 days.  I did uncover a couple of my small beds, but have a lot more to uncover.  It is just so hard to be patient and wait for warmer weather.

Today is Bloomin' Tuesday! Please check out the others, thanks to Jean at MsGreen "thumb".

A few photos of my backyard friends

Today is Outdoor Wednesday.  Please check out these other great blogs at A Southern Daydreamer.

House Finch

We finally received some snow.  With this white background the red of the male House Finch sure stands out.

A House Finch is a slender, sparrow-sized bird around 5 to 5.75 inches long with short, stubby convex bill and square-tipped tail.

House Finches remember where they can find a source of food. Once you attract certain House Finches to your feeder, they will be sure to keep coming back as long as you keep refilling your feeder.

House finches come easily to my feeders for sunflower seeds.  I really enjoy watching them.

Back from Vacation

 

We just got back from a wonderful cruise to the Western Caribbean.  The sky was just crazy with amazing colors.

Today is "Skywatch Friday".  Check out some other great blogs here.